Damaso
Photojournalist
http://ijnet.org/stories/qa-pulitzer-prize-winning-news-photographer-david-hume-kennerly
Kennerly, whose photos have appeared on the cover of Time and Life magazines at least 35 times, talked with IJNet about his career, news photography in the digital age and how he stays inspired.
IJNet: Can you talk about the trajectory of your career as a photographer?
DHK: My news background is rooted solidly in print media. But these days, my income has gone from 95 percent journalism to 95 percent commercial work. The beauty of that is I’m still taking the same kind of photos. This year I was in India and Haiti for my biggest client, Bank of America. They sponsor Vital Voices, a nonprofit that runs a mentorship program to help women entrepreneurs in developing countries start businesses, and I went to document their work. I also shot the pictures that will appear on the new Girl Scouts cookie boxes. I think those are going to be my most widely seen photos ever--there will be five or six different photographs on millions and millions of boxes!
Kennerly, whose photos have appeared on the cover of Time and Life magazines at least 35 times, talked with IJNet about his career, news photography in the digital age and how he stays inspired.
IJNet: Can you talk about the trajectory of your career as a photographer?
DHK: My news background is rooted solidly in print media. But these days, my income has gone from 95 percent journalism to 95 percent commercial work. The beauty of that is I’m still taking the same kind of photos. This year I was in India and Haiti for my biggest client, Bank of America. They sponsor Vital Voices, a nonprofit that runs a mentorship program to help women entrepreneurs in developing countries start businesses, and I went to document their work. I also shot the pictures that will appear on the new Girl Scouts cookie boxes. I think those are going to be my most widely seen photos ever--there will be five or six different photographs on millions and millions of boxes!
